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-rwxr-xr-xgit-gui.sh19
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
index 25229a4073..5e8378fc3e 100755
--- a/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui.sh
@@ -1194,13 +1194,22 @@ if {![file isdirectory $_gitdir]} {
# _gitdir exists, so try loading the config
load_config 0
apply_config
-# try to set work tree from environment, falling back to core.worktree
-if {[catch { set _gitworktree $env(GIT_WORK_TREE) }]} {
- set _gitworktree [get_config core.worktree]
- if {$_gitworktree eq ""} {
- set _gitworktree [file dirname [file normalize $_gitdir]]
+
+# v1.7.0 introduced --show-toplevel to return the canonical work-tree
+if {[package vsatisfies $_git_version 1.7.0]} {
+ set _gitworktree [git rev-parse --show-toplevel]
+} else {
+ # try to set work tree from environment, core.worktree or use
+ # cdup to obtain a relative path to the top of the worktree. If
+ # run from the top, the ./ prefix ensures normalize expands pwd.
+ if {[catch { set _gitworktree $env(GIT_WORK_TREE) }]} {
+ set _gitworktree [get_config core.worktree]
+ if {$_gitworktree eq ""} {
+ set _gitworktree [file normalize ./[git rev-parse --show-cdup]]
+ }
}
}
+
if {$_prefix ne {}} {
if {$_gitworktree eq {}} {
regsub -all {[^/]+/} $_prefix ../ cdup